Any Good rechargeable fence energizers on the market?

[Samson Brown]

We have a very densely-planted silvopasture here on ten hectares in the tropics. We're thinking about getting a small number of weaned calves this year and experimenting with rotational-grazing to maintain the understory.

We're in the steep foothills of the Andes, and it's not really practical to have a permanent energizer connected to our home's off-grid solar. It's also not practical to use energizers that recharge themselves with a portable PV panel, since we have trees everywhere, which will shade the panel.

What I'm looking for is some energizer that could run on rechargeable DeWalt (or similar) batteries. Something where we could recharge the battery at home by plugging into one of the electrical outlets at the house. The energizer doesn't need to be extremely powerful. Probably the biggest area we would ever need to energize would be 0.5-1 hectare in size with a single strand of polybraid. More commonly, the area will measure much less than 0.25 hectares.

 

[yellowbelly]

Never seen anything that will run on DeWalt type battery.

Most UK fencers are run on 12v rechargeable wet batteries although 6v are available.

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[BAF]

Some of the horse ones will run on D cell batteries. Whether they give a decent whack I couldn't say. You could get a solar charger and charge the batteries at home in the sunshine and swap them out every few days. Leisure batteries will hold their charge for a good while.

 

[ringi]

What I'm looking for is some energizer that could run on rechargeable DeWalt

As 12 volt caravan batteries are so cheap and weight is not an issue I can't see electric fence units switching to anything else within next few years. Other 12 volt rechargeable batteries can be used, but the chargers cost more with the batteries costing a lot more.

 

[Bury the Trash]

We're in the steep foothills of the Andes

Do you have any photos of where you are that you could possibly post ? it sounds really interesting

 

[Samson Brown]

As 12 volt caravan batteries are so cheap and weight is not an issue I can't see electric fence units switching to anything else within next few years. Other 12 volt rechargeable batteries can be used, but the chargers cost more with the batteries costing a lot more.

I'm not a big fan of lead-acid batteries. Are energizers typically compatible with AGM or Gel 12V batteries? If so, what would you recommend for a recharger? Something like this that you can plug-in at home? https://www.amazon.com/s?k=12+volt+battery+charger&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

Surprised there aren't any chargers that work with Dewalt type batteries. There are water pumps that use those batteries.